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Senate Confirms Adedeji FIRS Chairman
The Senate on Tuesday, confirmed Mr. Zach Adedeji as the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
President Bola Tinubu had appointed Adedeji in September, to take charge of the revenue agency in acting capacity after directing Muhammad Nami to proceed on a three-month pre-retirement leave.
During his screening, Adedeji pledged that the agency would re-access and re-evaluate the importance of tax waivers issues to some organisations.
He said- “On tax credit scheme, when we developed it, there was a goal, we will check our goal when we set up this economic policy; is it still serving that economic policy and that is why change is inevitable most of the time.
“There was a purpose when they brought the tax credit scheme, but as of today that purpose needs to be changed.
“The law says all revenue should come into coffers. Only the National Assembly have appropriation right; taxes are federation money.”
He added, “We will look into that and re-evaluate whether the reason we set up the tax credit scheme is still useful today or not.
“We will re-access all the waivers and reevaluate their economic importance whether useful or not. We will review this, with your support.
“Our problem is lack of data. When you ask these people 10 times how much tax they should pay, they will give you 10 different answers.”
Adedeji noted, “One of the visions I have is to develop the data upon which we will make decisions. It is when we have data that we can plan so that we will not ask them how much they will pay because we have the data
A Nigerian Air Force jet has ccrashed near Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
This was disclosed by a Niger State-based online digital television network, Lapai TV, in a post on its official Facebook page on Saturday evening.
“Two Nigerian Air Force Pilots Reportedly Survive Alpha Jet Crash Close to Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State,” the post stated
The incident was said to have occurred Saturday evening.
At the time of filing this report, the military has yet to make any official communication about the incident.
Nigeria’s security agencies have reportedly uncovered a plan by some opposition politicians to organise protests in Sokoto and other northern states against President Bola Tinubu and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu.
Fresh intelligence reports made available to journalists on Friday show that former Senator Kabiru Marafa is the main arrowhead of the plot.
The group is allegedly working to discredit NSA Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, by falsely linking them to bandit groups and using a Sokoto-based militia to trigger violent protests.
Sources say the Zamfara State Government, led by Governor Dauda Lawal, is strongly backing the plan and providing funding, determined to paint the federal security team as incompetent and force the removal of both Ribadu and Matawalle.
Security operatives detected the scheme this week, monitored several planning meetings in Gusau and Abuja, blocked funding channels, and quietly disrupted the operation.
No arrests have been made, but all the key figures are now under close surveillance.
The key figures are now being monitored by security agencies to track their key sources of funding.
Myesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has sacked the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, FCT-IRS, Mr Michael Ango, of his duties.
The announcement was contained in a statement late Friday by the minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.
The statement added that the decision takes immediate effect.
Olayinka said the minister directed the most senior official of the FCT-IRS to immediately assume leadership of the agency
“The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has sacked the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, Mr Michael Ango,” he stated.
He added that “the most senior official of the FCT-IRS has been directed to take over the running of the revenue agency with immediate effect.”
The statement did not provide reasons for the removal.
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